Thursday, June 30, 2016

This Jeopardy-style review game makes a great addition for your U.S. History unit on World War II! ______________________________________________________If you found this free download helpful, you may be interested in Room 311's more comprehensive WWII unit. You may find that and other useful products at the following links:

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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

This is a sample of my Cootie Catchers Grade 1 and my Cootie Catchers Grade 2 products. Included in this freebie are 3 hand games; addition-Grade 1, time-Grade 2, and money-Grade 2. Playing and assembly instructions are also included. Cootie Catcher Hand Game FREEBIE by A Thinker’s Toolbox is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License

Monday, June 27, 2016

This is a great activity to teach students about numbers and counting!

Students will create a numbered caterpillar while learning about any of the following:Numbers 1-20 (you could only use numbers 1-5 or 1-10 if your students aren't ready for 1-20)Skip counting - count by twos or fivesCounting backwardsYou could also use this as an assessment piece to add to student portfolios

Your students will also practice improving their cutting and pasting skills while completing this activity.

Sunday, June 26, 2016

Students will revel in the creative, detailed writing prompts. Bone chilling to laugh out loud humorous, the starters are springboards for success. Students will be carried to the future, transported to the past and improve their writing skills in the present.The provided 10 story starters are an excerpt from 101 Sensational Story Starters for 5th and 6th Grade Students by Tracy Wasem

Friday, June 24, 2016

This is a puzzle that encompasses much of what is learned in middle school and high school about the periodic table including energy levels, the different families and groups, along with other specific traits of different elements.

Instead of the traditional symbols of the periodic table, they are replaced with arbitrary letters and must fill in a blank periodic table with those new letters based on a list of traits. This is an end of the unit worksheet that requires a lot of thought processing from the students and will get conversations going about the periodic table to figure out which element goes where.

This is great way to challenge the student's understanding as it is not route memorization but an understanding of the different principles of the periodic table. It makes a great extension or as an end of the unit assessment for students to work on together.

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Candy Graphing Booklet: Create a tally chart, pictograph, line plot, bar graph, horizontal bar graph, and answer questions based on frequency chart data about candy. There is a cover page too. The sample download will show you the cover page, horizontal bar graph, candy graph questions and the pictograph.

There are 8 pages to download. Run the graphs you want to practice through the copier with a double staple option on the left side. It will allow you to use a paper cutter and easily cut the graphs in half (5 1/2") to make 2 graph booklets. (It conserves paper this way!)

I have two other graphing booklets available for sale, check them out!

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

This free sample has a chart and tips about irregular verbs. See my Irregular Verbs, Past and Participle Forms packet that includes worksheets, answers and a partially completed sheet that students must complete with the correct forms.

Number the Stars 19 Page Packet This is now a 70 page literature packet that includes an informational article about World War II, with questions and answers that is used to familiarize students with the time and place of the story.